[nysbirds-l] Nickerson Beach (Nassau Co.) & Connetquot River State Park (Suffolk Co.) Birds
A group of birders were at Nickerson Beach this AM searching for the avian goodies found by Brendan Fogerty yesterday. With northwest winds blowing 15-20 mph and an overzealous Town employee using a surf rake that constantly frightened the assembled terns on the beach, the outlook was not good. Eventually someone located the Black Tern feeding in the surf zone. Later two Black Terns were seen together. A quick glimpse of a Gull-billed Tern exiting the tern colony was a bonus. Eventually, i picked out the immature Arctic Tern feeding in the surf off the westernmost Tern/Skimmer colony but the bird quickly disappeared. The bird was eventually relocated in the same area and flew directly over us, giving most the group good looks. Perhaps the evening is the best time to look here, there seems to be a lot of activity early in the morning. I moved on to CRSP in Great River, quickly picking up the singing Yellow-throated Warbler in the pines along the main road. A pair of Yellow-throated Vireo's were observed on the trail south of lower pond - probably nesting. On the trail to Slade Pond an Acadian Flycatcher was calling and just east of the fish hatchery a Parula Warbler was singing. Ken Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Nickerson Beach (Nassau Co.) Connetquot River State Park (Suffolk Co.) Birds
A group of birders were at Nickerson Beach this AM searching for the avian goodies found by Brendan Fogerty yesterday. With northwest winds blowing 15-20 mph and an overzealous Town employee using a surf rake that constantly frightened the assembled terns on the beach, the outlook was not good. Eventually someone located the Black Tern feeding in the surf zone. Later two Black Terns were seen together. A quick glimpse of a Gull-billed Tern exiting the tern colony was a bonus. Eventually, i picked out the immature Arctic Tern feeding in the surf off the westernmost Tern/Skimmer colony but the bird quickly disappeared. The bird was eventually relocated in the same area and flew directly over us, giving most the group good looks. Perhaps the evening is the best time to look here, there seems to be a lot of activity early in the morning. I moved on to CRSP in Great River, quickly picking up the singing Yellow-throated Warbler in the pines along the main road. A pair of Yellow-throated Vireo's were observed on the trail south of lower pond - probably nesting. On the trail to Slade Pond an Acadian Flycatcher was calling and just east of the fish hatchery a Parula Warbler was singing. Ken Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
